[HIGHLIGHTS] Experts and tourists are suspicious of the initiative to close the Plaza de España in Seville to guarantee its conservation

Seville mayor José Luis Sanz wants to close the Plaza de España and charge tourists to access it. Sanz says the fee will be used to guarantee the maintenance of the enclave.

The Minister of Finance, who must approve the project, has been categorically opposed. “Privatizing public space cannot be the answer to its care and preservation,” he says. The City Council's president dissociates the initiative from his request from the Government's request.